SSH is capable of running multiple channels over the same SSH connection. In theory this means you could ssh to a remote host, then establish a second channel to transfer a file over. Why the heck does the ssh tool not actually allow this sort of capability? Why do I have to establish a second scp or sftp connection to transfer a file when I'm already ssh'd into the machine? I don't get it.
Sure, but that's not really relevant to my point. That's just a minor optimization, but my workflow is still exactly the same: start up sftp, re-navigate back to the same directory, and do the transfer.
